Top positive review

I am not a morning person, and usually can't wake up while it's still dark. I can sleep through any alarm tone no matter how loud or harsh. I also suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder which only makes me more likely to sleep the day away, especially in winter.

I have had this alarm for a little over a month at this point, and have not slept through it once. It allows me to wake up naturally and stress free. I only use the sunrise function, but there is an alarm tone as well. I was worried about whether it would be worth paying for an expensive alarm like this, but it was definitely worth the money.

Top critical review

I have decided to send this item back for a refund as I’ve been left feeling really disappointed. I had hoped it would transform my mornings, but the only difference is that when the dreadful alarm sound wakes me, I open my eyes to a lighter room than I normally would. I have learnt that I don’t react to light when sleeping, so there is no “gentle wake up” for me. What you get in the package is very basic for the price you pay, and the user interface is clunky and difficult to understand. I am fairly technology savvy, and I keep having to refer back to the booklet. The lamp also gets extremely hot to touch and it gives off quite a lot of heat.

The sunset feature is quite nice, but the light dims too fast and it doesn’t feel like a nice, gradual effect. There is only one choice of alarm sound with this model, and it’s a dreadful one that jolts me awake. For the same price or cheaper, I could buy a smart bulb to put in my bedside lamp and set it to dim/brighten in the same way the Lumie does. I would not recommend this product to family or friends.

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I've had this for a couple of weeks now and I'm still not sure whether I like it or not. Although it looks good on the bedside, for £50 I would have expected a better build quality; it feels rather cheap plastic with clicky buttons. The instructions are ok, but it is quite complicated and fiddly to set the alarm time, and I'm never quite sure if I'm just going to get the sunrise effect or the sound alarm as well. I think I'm using it correctly but the sunset effect kicks in when I'm using is as a bedside lamp for reading at night so it gradually dims and needs to be brightened, and I find the whole display on/off, bright/dim slightly haphazard. The sound alarm is definitely effective; it actually made me sit bolt upright in bed when it went off - hence my keenness in future just to have sunrise ... I think the sunrise wakes me but it's so gentle that I'm not really sure! The real test will come when I'm back at work and have to get up much earlier than I have been doing for the past fortnight. However, it seems to work and I decided to keep it; if you choose to buy it just be prepared to spend possibly more time than I have setting it up!

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This is a fantastic light for anyone who suffers from SAD.It is an essential piece of kit for me and when my old one broke I was concerned I couldn't buy an identical replacement. This is muchbetter with the display and functions. The buttons are much nicer to use and the display dims about 10 minutes into the sunset function so it isn't ridiculously bright over night.

A worthwhile investment for anyone who struggles to get through the winter mornings in the UK!

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It took a little while to get used to this, but now I find waking much easier. I still use the alarm, and other alarms, but waking up[ in a fully lit room makes it feel like you should be getting up. Although I still use several alarms, as I am a very deep sleeper, I am often turning them off, before the time they are set for, as my body clock feels like it is getting used to a new way of sleeping. Also the Sunset mode helps me drift off muchbetter. Less tossing and turning and I can't remember the last time I didn't get any sleep and that used to be 2-3 times a week.

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I tried this product for four days before returning it. I found that it was not bright enough to wake me up (the bulb is only around 40w - basically like a table lamp). It does have a built-in beep alarm as a back-up, though I preferred to just use a nature alarm on my iPhone instead.

I found the instructions a little convoluted and had to keep referring to the manual. I'm great with technology usually, but couldn't figure out how to get the sunset function to work at night. The buttons are also clunky and loud, so if you're trying to set your alarm at night and you have someone with you, they are disturbed as you try to click through the settings.

The light also gets extremely hot after a while (it's a halogen bulb), and the overall appearance of the product was quite disappointing to me when it arrived. I felt it looked cheap and plasticy and quite dated, which isn't want I expected out of an alarm that costs this much (and costs even more directly through Lumie!).

In terms of its ability to function as a light alarm clock that wakes you up, I think it's really going to vary between different people and how big your bedroom is. I live in an open plan apartment with no walls around my bed, so the impact of the light may be different from someone sleeping in a small double bedroom, where the light will bounce off the walls and fill the whole room with a kind of glow. I wouldn't recommend this for someone who has a large room or lives in an open-plan space. Better for small cosy bedrooms, I think. It's also possible that the more expensive models are better in a number of ways, and I know they have released LED versions that do not get as hot as the old halogen bulbs.

It's a real shame, as I was so excited to get this. I love the summer months, when it gets light early. I sleep with all the blinds open, with my bed facing the window, and I love waking up with the sun. I was hoping to replicate that feel during the winter. I'm thinking of just replacing the lights in my apartment with dimmable smart bulbs, then setting them to come on gradually on a timer. If you have a larger bedroom, that might be a better option than this clock.

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I find it really does help on those dark mornings ( and I have very dark curtains even for summer so I can sleep in at weekends). It starts the waking process gently with the increasing light intensity. However I would not use the horrible alarm it comes with - it shatters you awake after such a gentle start! I use another projection clock for that that has much nicer alarm and easy snooze. Also I will say its horrid to program and the middle go dark/ set button nasty and hard to press on a night. Easy to not press it hard enough or find it in a dark room. The other huge criticism is that I have not found a way of darkening it on a Friday and Saturday night without setting the light alarm to kick in! It means the light display is bright all night. It doesnt seem to allow flexibility for weekends ( or I just cannot figure out how to do it)! So I have it turn it away from me to try and cut out the display light. I dont need it as I have projection clock that dims when set and I can check time on ceiling without being overly disturbed in the night. So better setting design please, but I am glad I have it as I do find it hard to wake up when is dark but too much light at wrong times means I wake up too early or am kept awake if bedroom has too much light.

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I've had this lamp for about 3 1/2 years and it makes my life muchbetter. Mine keeps perfect time and despite using it every day, I have never replaced the bulb. The light almost always wakes me up and I find that the sunset feature is also a very good way to fall asleep during the long summer evenings. In the winter this little lamp is invaluable- I have bought one for some people I know who have moved here to the UK to help them get through their first English winter. The alarm sound is very grating, unfortunately. I thought about buying the more expensive version with the nature sounds but the reviews there make it sound like the sounds aren't muchbetter. Finally, it does take about 20 minutes of studying the lamp and manual to know how it works- I wouldn't recommend just trying to figure it out on your own.

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Muchbetter than an audio alarm, and I would recommend light alarms for all, BUT it has a terrible, terrible user interface for what should be a simple device to use. Point in case, to disable the alarm on the weekends there is double button hold down press, this flashes something up on screen it is there after unclear if it is disabled or not... No indicator. Worse still is the documentation.

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Used a Philips version of this for years and it was great. Recently replaced it with this, thinking that the Lumie was the original and best, but it’s not.Alarm tone is like a truck reversing! NOT the calm, peaceful way to wake up that it’s designed for.Maybe the more expensive versions are better, but can get the same job done for half the price with other brands.Will be going back to my old Philips clock with birds tweeting. It’s also much easier to set the time and alarm on the Philips.

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It makes such a difference is the morning. I wake up and instead of being pitch black, it is light and "sunny". It really does make a difference to them mornings and provides me with a great start. Couldn't go back now to not having one - been using Lumie ones for 5 years every winter. The alarm does wake me up, so I don't wake up beforehand because of the light. But I do find that I feel muchbetter waking with the light than without.